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Since Phytoplankton contains 'phyto' and phyto means plant-like, phytoplankton produce food and do not need to eat. Phytoplankton are single-celled plants (algae) that live in the surface layers of the ocean. They obtain energy from the sun, and use it to combine atmospheric CO2 and water to make carbohydrates, using the process of photosynthesis. They do require 'nutrients' or fertilizers just like other plants - nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are the major nutrients, while iron, magnesium, calcium, silicon, boron, cobalt and many others are called minor nutrients. The nutrient availability in the ocean determines the distribution of phytoplankton. When there are many available nutrients the phytoplankton can bloom over a large area. Where there are few available nutrients, phytoplankton are scarce.
Phytoplankton rely on minerals found in the water they live in, such as nitrate, silicic acid, phosphate, and iron. They absorb energy from sunlight through the process of photosynthesis. The energy from the sun allows the phytoplankton to convert the minerals in the water to a source of food they can use to live.
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What types of ocean creatures feed on phytoplankton?
There are a wide variety of ocean creatures which are known to eat phytoplankton. However, krill are believed to be the main organisms which feed on phytoplankton.
Does a fly eat phytoplankton?
Not adult flies. Phytoplankton live in water. However, some aquatic fly larvae may feed on phytoplankton.
Are zooplankton producers?
No, they eat phytoplankton and phytoplankton are producers.
If you have a pet mussel what do you feed it?
as they are filter feeder, it filter phytoplankton as food. just give them phytoplankton such as diatoms and microalgae..
Are zooplankton abiotic?
No they are biotic; they feed on decaying matter and phytoplankton.
What are nutrition materiales of zooplankton?
They feed off phytoplankton and decaying matter.
How are phytoplankton important?
they're important because they feed other animals.
What organisms do zooplankton feed on in a freshwater ecosystem?
Zooplankton in a freshwater ecosystem feed on phytoplankton, bacteria, and detritus. They play a crucial role in transferring energy from primary producers up the food chain to higher trophic levels.
Phytoplankton feed on the nutrients brought up by this type of deep cold water current?
Upwellings
Is phytoplankton a producer carnivore herbivore or omnivore?
They are primary producers in an estuarine ecosystem.
Does zooplankton eat phytoplankton?
AnswerNo its the other way around, Plankton is made of Phytoplankton which are plants. Plants make their own food using sunlight and the process of photosynthesis. You then get small creatures and larvae of other animals that feed on the phytoplankton called zooplankton. Jellyfish are also part of the plankton and they eat fish.
Are zooplankton herbivores?
Zooplankton can be herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores. Some zooplankton species primarily feed on phytoplankton, which are microscopic plants, making them herbivores. Other zooplankton species may feed on smaller animals or detritus, classifying them as carnivores or omnivores.
